3.0.0 3459 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z 2020-02-10T17:02:01Z Senate S S 2008-09-09 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-09-09T21:15:05Z 2008-09-09 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8183-8186) IntroReferral 2008-09-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8182-8183) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N Education Career education Colleges Commerce Community and school Community colleges Congress Congressional reporting requirements Continuing education Curricula Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Education of the disadvantaged Educational accountability Educational technology Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Environmental Protection Federal aid to education Green products Health Health care industry Higher education Indian education Labor and Employment Labor unions Manufacturing industries Minorities Native Americans Nonprofit organizations Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Social Welfare Teacher education Teaching materials Technical education Textbooks Unemployment Vocational and technical education Education 00 2008-09-09 Introduced in Senate 2008-10-22T18:46:12Z Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to establish a Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Demonstration Grant program awarding competitive matching grants to states and local educational agencies (LEAs) that partner with businesses, postsecondary institutions, workforce investment boards, labor organizations, or nonprofit community organizations.

Requires such grants to be used to: (1) assess emerging industry pathways and the academic skills needed to succeed in such pathways; (2) develop school- and work-based curricula or programs to teach such skills; (3) implement the new curricula or programs in schools where at least 30% of the students are impoverished, that have graduation rates below their state's average, and whose community is experiencing significant or increased unemployment; and (4) evaluate best practices from such curricula or programs and disseminate them to other educational entities.

Requires such curricula or programs to: (1) meet challenging state academic content standards; and (2) prepare students for both direct entry into careers with emerging industries in their communities and success in postsecondary education.

]]> Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008 Display Title Connecting Education and Emerging Professions Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize a connecting education and emerging professions demonstration grant program. Introduced in Senate 2008-09-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3459is/xml/BILLS-110s3459is.xml 2008-09-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8183-8186) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.